Improvement in door-bells



T. LYONS.

Door Bell.

Patented Aug. 11. 1868.

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Inventor:

Witnesses THOMAS LYON'S, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent .No. 80,983, dated-August 11, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IIN DOOR-BELLS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, THOMASLYONS, ofI-Iarti'ord, county of'Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImpi-oveu ients in Call-Bells; andto enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation, by referring to the drawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of the figures. 7

The nature of this invention will be understood from the specification and drawings.

In the accompanying dravlings- Figure 1 is a face view of the actuating-mechanism, with the bell removed.

Figure 2 is a sectional edge view thereof.

a represents a door or wall, upon which the device is attached.

6 isa plate, upon which the mechanism is arranged and secured. v

c is a stud, secured in a central position on the plate 1;, to which the bell is'secured, in the common way.

12 are the hammers, (one or more, as desirable,) secured, by screws e, to studsf, which are thrownoutward, and strike the bell, and return to rest by their own gravity.

g is an actuating-arm or plate, secured,-by. a screw,.e, to a stud, f, and vibrates back and forth between, andactuates the hammers d.

k is a spindle-socket, secured or formed on the lower portion of the plate b,.having a slit in its upper edge.

i is ahead, fitted and secured to the inner end of the spindle It. On the upper side of this head 2', is secured or formed an incline elevation, which acts upon the lower end of the arm g, so that when the spindle 7.: is

pulled forward by the knob m, -the 'arm 9 will be thrown sideways in onedirection until the incline elevation. passes the arm, when, by the force of the spring n, secured to the studf, the arm willreact against one of the hammers, and cause it to strike the bell; and when the head 2', with the spindle k, is reacted by means of the spring 0, upon the'knob-spindle k, taking its bearing, one end against said head, and the other against the bottom of the socket, the arm 9 will be thrown in the opposite direction, and again, by the reaction of the spring 11, will throw the opposite hammer against the bell, the hamm ers each time returning to their resting-place by their own gravity. 1

Thus I am enabled to cheapen the manufacture, and produce a better and more eilicient article for use. What I claim, therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arm g, in combination with the incline elevation i, on head 2', and hammers d, arranged a substantially as and for the purpose described.

v THOMAS LYONS.. 2.5.1] Witnesses: 1 i I E. W..BLIss,

J. W. BLISS.

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